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Immigrant Workers on the March

01/21/2017 | Teresita Villasenor | NY Times

Today, I am joining this historic march with a delegation from the National Domestic Workers Alliance, because I believe in our strong determination to achieve our common goal of unity and solidarity as women. But I am also joining to show resistance, because President Donald J. Trump is a threat to care workers like me.

I am an immigrant from the Philippines who works as a caregiver, supporting people with disabilities. It’s challenging work that takes patience and understanding, and...

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Obama Should Become Organizer-in-Chief

01/18/2017 | Ai-jen Poo | TIME Magazine

I remember exactly where I was on the night of November 4, 2008. It was a Virginia strip mall restaurant, where a group of organizers who had come from around the country to help people get to the polls on election day. Like many Americans, my eyes were glued to the television screen as I watched Barack Obama take the stage in Chicago.

It was a thrilling moment, all the more so because he wasn’t just another elected official, born into a political family. He was one of us. As a...

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Beyond survival: lessons from domestic worker organising campaigns against human trafficking and labour exploitation

01/16/2017 | Sameera Hafiz | openDemocracy

Anti-trafficking campaigns can help to tip the scales towards justice, but they will only succeed if they are grounded in the lived experiences of survivors and oriented towards systemic solutions.

...though many mainstream anti-trafficking campaigns have had beneficial effects. They have raised the issue of human trafficking on a global scale, and have helped to encourage national and international action to protect victims. However, they also suffer from serious limitations, which...

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